The interesting thing about blogging is that I get to ruminate on a number of different things. This is a very awesome thing to me. I also get to post about musicians who have affected my life more than others and in the future I will periodically post about those people. Today, I would just lke to say what a cool guy I think Boz Scaggs is. I have been listening to him since the first time I heard "Loan Me A Dime" on KSHE a hundred years ago. From "Dinah Flo" on, he really got me with "Silk Degrees" released in 1976. I thought that "Lowdown" was (and is) one of the classiest top 40 sings ever. And any release with "Lido Shuffle" belongs in anyone's top ten. He came back in 1980 with the love theme from "Urban Cowboy" ("Girl, What You Done For Me") that was used very tactfully in the film. One of the best concerts I have seen in the last ten years was his performance at The Pageant in St. Louis. It also helps that he is a very nice cat. I told him backstage what a fan I was, and he signed a very nice greeting on my "Silk Degrees" LP. That kind of stuff means a lot to me. If there is ever a Boz Scaggs fanclub, sign me up.
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Boz Skaggs has been one of my favorite aritists for many years, with his jazz influenced pop vocals. "Lowdown" is one of my all time favorites. Lido Shuffle was great, too. I wore out his "Hits" LP, and still play the CD quite often.
Not bad.
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